Camposanto ( Modenese: ; Mirandolese: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Modena The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''co ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

, located about northwest of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...

and about northeast of

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and '' comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. A town, and seat o ...

on the Panaro river. Although the name in Italian literally means "holy field", which normally means "cemetery" in Italian, its original (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

) name, "Campus Sanctus", probably honoured the 14th century

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

family of ''Santi'', who owned the land. The

Battle of Campo Santo The Battle of Campo Santo was fought in Campo Santo, Italy on 8 February 1743 between Spain and Austria, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. The Spaniards and their Neapolitan allies under General De Gages were fought to a stan ...

was fought here in 1743. Camposanto borders the following municipalities:

Bomporto Bomporto ( Modenese: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena. Bomporto borders the following municipalities: Bastiglia, ...

Crevalcore Crevalcore ( Western Bolognese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, near Bologna. On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people. On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caus ...

, Finale Emilia, Medolla, Ravarino, San Felice sul Panaro, San Prospero. In May 2012 Camposanto was the epicenter of a 6.0-magnitude earthquake.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub